Lycoming College - Lycoming College

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  • Date = 1969-06-07

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The Lycoming College Collection begins after the accreditation of the Williamsport Dickinson Seminary and Junior College as a four year college. It is a growing collection that chronicles the evolution of this small liberal arts institution, and will include photographs, annuals, catalogs, event programs, alumni newsletters, and promotional material. Student life is represented in publication and information concerning organizations and activities. Continuing in the tradition of the forerunners of the college, a rich musical, theatrical, and artistic environment is documented. Athletics also figure prominently in this collection. An expanding collection of faculty and presidential papers have been contributed, along with records from the libraries, Archival items include assorted artifacts, numerous photographs, and a collection of scrapbooks spanning forty-five years.
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Katherine Forrest Mathers
Alumni and alumnae, Awards, Business people, College administrators, Rites and ceremonies, Mathers, Katherine Forrest
John Detwiler, Acting President of Lycoming College presents the Lycoming College Award of Distinction to Katherine Forrest Mathers '28. Parts of the citation read: 'You entered Williamsport Dickinson Seminary in September, 1926, and graduated with the Class of 1928. Your education was continued at Bucknell University where you earned the A.B. degree in 1932 and the Master of Arts degree in 1933. On Christmas Day, 1941, you became the bride of James M. Mathers and together you developed a successful insurance business in Altoona … you continued to manage the business while your husband was on duty during World War II, and after his untimely death several years later … Your concern for the College and your generosity prompted you to establish a memorial honoring your parents and your sister, Anna, who graduated from the Seminary in 1930. This memorial is our newest women's dormitory, Forrest Hall ...' John G. Detwiler, Acting President of the College.
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